How I Work
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How I Work explores practical ideas on work habits, productivity, decision-making, and building more sustainable ways of operating.
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How Atlassian's Dom Price makes difficult conversations easier
How I Work
February 10, 2025
- Calling it 'difficult' creates the problem before you start
- Ask more than you tell — curiosity beats persuasion every time
- Bad news doesn't improve with time; delay turns it into an ambush
Founder interviews
Podcast
Ben Shewry on creativity, self-doubt, and running a people-first restaurant
How I Work
February 5, 2025
Founder interviews
10
Management
6
Resilience & grit
6
- Success pulls you away from the work that made you successful
- Self-doubt is a tool to control, not a weakness to eliminate
- People-first leadership: profit follows when you get humans right
How meaning and mattering keep teams motivated through change
How I Work
February 3, 2025
Management
9
Resilience & grit
6
- Why sudden pivots trigger a crisis of mattering in your team
- Mattering — not praise — is the bare minimum employees need to stay motivated
- Recognition acts as a vaccine against disengagement during change
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Making time for what matters: Oliver Burkeman on limits, worry, and flow
How I Work
January 29, 2025
Productivity & habits
9
Work-life balance
7
- Your to-do list is infinite — stop trying to finish it
- Schedule worries 3–4 weeks out; most resolve themselves
- Protect 3–4 hours of deep work, then welcome everything else
What the best meeting leaders have in common
How I Work
January 27, 2025
Communication
9
Processes & SOPs
5
- The best meeting leaders treat others' time as a gift worth designing for.
- Silent brainstorming generates nearly twice as many ideas as open discussion.
- A structured ending — decisions, DRIs, and open items — prevents follow-up chaos.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Burnout, recovery, and energy management with Adam Grant
How I Work
January 22, 2025
Resilience & grit
9
Productivity & habits
8
Management
6
- Knowing burnout theory does not protect you from experiencing it
- Frequent short breaks restore more than rare long holidays
- Burnout is often structural — redesign the role, not just the person
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Ruthless prioritisation: Laura Mae Martin's productivity system for executives
How I Work
January 15, 2025
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
7
- Cut good things ruthlessly — time and energy are not the same
- The list funnel: from master dashboard to hour-by-hour blocks
- No-tech Tuesday and 'not spots' make you more productive, not less
Making one-on-one meetings work for your direct reports
How I Work
January 8, 2025
Delegation
8
Management
8
Communication
6
- One-on-ones belong to the direct, not the manager.
- Replacing 'How are you?' with a 1–10 scale unlocks real conversation.
- AI hurts one-on-ones for connection, but helps for performance review prep.
Leadership and productivity lessons from 16 years at Google
How I Work
January 1, 2025
Communication
9
Deep work & focus
8
Resilience & grit
7
- A full day every six weeks dedicated entirely to deep thinking
- Colour-coded calendar reviewed quarterly to measure impact, not busyness
- Taming the inner critic by accepting it — then turning down the volume
Year-end reflection and intentional planning for a better year
How I Work
December 11, 2024
Goal setting
9
Work-life balance
8
Productivity & habits
6
- Map your year's highs and lows to find patterns, not just memories.
- A single guiding intention beats New Year's resolutions every time.
- Use a pre-victorem to design success, not just prevent failure.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Kayla Itsines on ignoring critics and staying mentally strong
How I Work
December 4, 2024
Identity & self-belief
8
Resilience & grit
6
- 100 complaints felt like everyone — they weren't
- Your non-negotiables make strangers' opinions irrelevant
- Gratitude journalling makes your real support base visible
How to reframe and navigate difficult workplace conversations
How I Work
November 13, 2024
Communication
9
Conflict resolution
8
- Labelling a conversation 'difficult' makes it harder before it starts
- Prepare themes and open questions — not scripts you'll broadcast
- Facts, forward milestones, and named anti-patterns close the loop
How to run meetings that respect time and drive action
How I Work
October 16, 2024
Communication
9
Processes & SOPs
6
- Agendas alone don't improve meetings — how you facilitate does.
- Silent brainstorming generates nearly twice as many ideas as open discussion.
- The meeting leader always rates the meeting higher than everyone else does.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Breaking bad habits: barriers, habit stacking, and temptation bundling
How I Work
October 3, 2024
- Identify which of four barriers blocks your habit change first.
- Habit stacking piggybacks new behaviours onto automatic existing ones.
- Temptation bundling replaces willpower with pleasure as the motivator.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
How Broadway star Andy Karl stays fresh performing eight shows a week
How I Work
September 25, 2024
Deep work & focus
7
Physical & cognitive performance
6
- Why the audience — not the performer — makes every show new
- Three contrasting song styles that unlock full vocal flexibility daily
- Posture as performance: how physicality maps a character's emotional collapse